THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Heptapleurum continued. 

 stellate pubescence. 

 a peppercorn. 1. alte 

 slender, swollen at th 



Winter, fr. 



ternate, digit 

 e base and a 



. globose, five-celled, the size of 

 tate ; petiole 5in. to Sin. lon 



g, 



n apex, warted in the lower half; 

 leaflets five to seven, 6in. to Sin. long, oblong-ovate to obovate- 



oblong, caudate-acuminate, quite entire ; base rounded or cuneate. 

 Stem covered with hemispheric warts. Java, 1860. A slender, 

 sparingly-branched, large stove shrub. (B. M. 6238.) 

 H. venulosum (veined). /.greenish. I., leaflets entire, acuminate. 

 India. A small glabrous tree or climbing shrub. Stove. 



HERACLEUM (Heracleon, the old Greek name of 

 the plant ; so called in honour of Heracles, or Her- 

 cules). Cow Parsley; Cow Parsnip. ORD. Umbelliferce. 



H. speclosa (si 



late-submuricate. fronds ample, pinnate, 

 at the extremity ; pinna; firm, satiny, Sin. to 



lin. to 1 Jin. broad, elongato-ensifonn, acuminate. 



arranged in a sinuous continued chain or line just within 

 the margin. Tropical America. Stove. See Fig. 219. 



HEMLOCK. See Coniom. 

 HEMLOCK SPRUCE. See Tsuga cana- 

 densis. 



HEMP. The name of various valuable fibres 

 employed for manufacturing purposes. The com- 

 mon name for Cannabis sativa. 



HEMP AGRIMONY. See Eupatorium 

 canuabinum. 



HEN AND CHICKENS. A name given to 

 a proliferous form of the Daisy, Bellis perenuis 

 (which see). 



HENBANE. See Hyoscyamus niger. 



HENFREYA SCANDENS. A synonym of 

 Asystasia scandeus (which see). 



HENNA PLANT. See Lawsonia alba. 



HEP, or HIP. The fruit of the Dog Rose, 

 Rosa canina, and other species of Rosa. 



HEFATICA. See Anemone Hepatica. 



HEFIALUS HUMULI. See Otter Moth. ^3 



HEFTAFLEURUM (from hepta, seven, and 

 pleuron, a rib; in allusion to the ribbed fruit). ^^^ 

 STNS. Paratropia and Sciadophyllum. ORD. Ara- u^9 

 liaceoe. A large genus (about sixty species have 

 been described) of tall shrubs or trees, widely 

 distributed from Australia to Africa. Flowers 

 pentamerous or hexamerous, collected into large 

 panicles of racemes or umbels. Leaves alternate, digitate, 

 compound or decompound. For culture, see Aralia. 



H. polybotrynm (many-clustered), fl. green, small racemes 

 1ft and upwards long, covered with minute, very deciduous, 



FIG. 220. LEAF OF HERACLEUM SETOSUM. 



A genus comprising about seventy species of strong, 

 coarse-growing, hardy biennial or perennial herbs, from 



FIG. 221. HERACLEUM SIBIRICUM. 



the mountains of Central and Southern Europe, and espe- 

 cially Asia, with a single North American one. Flowers 

 white ; the petals of the outer ones of each umbel larger. 

 Leaves dissected, with large segments. Although long 



